Timeline for Why did the Motorola 68000 processor family fall out of use in personal computers in the 21st century?
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| Sep 28, 2023 at 16:03 | comment | added | supercat | @ChrisDodd: Another detail is that executing RISC code from cache is faster than executing CISC code from cache, but if CISC code is smaller than CISC code, it can be fetched from main memory faster than RISC code. Having a system store CISC code in main memory but convert it to a RISC representation before storing it into the internal cache offers the best of both worlds. | |
| Sep 26, 2023 at 21:51 | comment | added | Chris Dodd | The main difference between CISC and RISC is in the engineering cost and complexity. As long as you have enough volume (sales), that cost can be made up. x86 had the volume and 68K did not. | |
| Sep 25, 2023 at 20:40 | comment | added | Grabul | Yes, and AMD tried RISC with AMD29K. | |
| Sep 25, 2023 at 9:05 | comment | added | njuffa | Before Motorola joined the AIM alliance it had a hand at creating its own RISC architecture, the 88000 line (m88k, consisting of two models shipped over the course of three years, before being discontinued in 1991). | |
| Sep 25, 2023 at 7:43 | history | edited | Patrick Schlüter | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 25, 2023 at 7:22 | history | answered | Grabul | CC BY-SA 4.0 |